Dave "Novalis" Turner ([info]novalis) wrote,
@ 2006-07-31 23:33:00
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New Job!
The Open Planning Project has hired me to write Free Software for them. I start in mid-September. It's a bunch of Zope and Plone stuff, which I have mixed feelings about. One one hand, Python is pretty good. On the other hand, Zope is pretty awful. On the third hand, we'll be improving Zope. So I guess we'll see.

Please address future licensing questions to [info]stargazer, my replacement at FSF. :)

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[info]dreamingcrow
2006-08-01 04:08 am UTC (link)
Congratulations!

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[info]locke61dv
2006-08-01 04:09 am UTC (link)
Congratulations! That sounds like a lot of fun.

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[info]novalis
2006-08-01 01:02 pm UTC (link)
Could be. I hope so.

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[info]rhiannonstone
2006-08-01 05:13 am UTC (link)
Congratulations! I'm sure you'll have the whole place whipped into shape in no time. ;)

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[info]mshonle
2006-08-01 05:14 am UTC (link)
Congratulations! :-) I know what you mean about Zope being awful, but it can only get better now, right?

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[info]novalis
2006-08-01 03:26 pm UTC (link)
I like to think so.

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[info]johnsu01
2006-08-01 06:17 am UTC (link)
Argh. Well, rumor has it Zope is good now. And Plone is certainly fun and useful. Going to be a licensing volunteer now? ;)

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[info]novalis
2006-08-01 12:52 pm UTC (link)
Maybe after a few months off.

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[info]johnsu01
2006-08-01 02:32 pm UTC (link)
Also, congratulations!

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[info]lowellboyslash
2006-08-01 09:20 am UTC (link)
Congrats! Jobs are awesome!

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[info]hakamadare
2006-08-01 12:53 pm UTC (link)

huh! well done. :)

-steve

p.s. hooray for Python!

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[info]preraphaelite
2006-08-01 12:57 pm UTC (link)
Congrats! Jealous!

Ooh, and I'll be in NYC likely on August 11-12, if you want to hang...

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[info]novalis
2006-08-01 03:24 pm UTC (link)
The application/interview/waiting process took a full two months, but nothing compared to your people.

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[info]novalis
2006-08-01 03:28 pm UTC (link)
Oh, and I totally want to hang, but I'll be out of town that weekend. Unless you'll be around for lunch on the 11th?

If not, I'll see you in a month in Boston, right?

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[info]preraphaelite
2006-08-01 03:42 pm UTC (link)
I could do lunch on the 11th -- my schedule's all flexible what with no bar and I was actually thinking about coming in early to see more people.

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[info]novalis
2006-08-02 03:57 am UTC (link)
Yay! Brooklyn, or Midtown?

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[info]dougo
2006-08-01 01:39 pm UTC (link)
I'm so jealous! I need to get serious about looking for free software jobs. I just don't know where to start.

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[info]novalis
2006-08-01 03:22 pm UTC (link)
I found this one on Idealist. But it is one of only three interesting-looking jobs that I saw in six months. I applied for all three. The first, I bombed the interview. They were looking for someone with art cred. The second, I interviewed for and was accepted, but the pay sucked and the hours were long, and the job ended up sounding boring. The third was this one.

I don't know if TOPP is hiring more remote programmers, but if you're willing to move to New York, I think they may still be hiring here. I can definitely ask if you're interested.

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[info]dougo
2006-08-01 04:00 pm UTC (link)
Nah, not willing to move to NY. Thanks for the pointer to Idealist though.

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[info]corivax
2006-08-01 06:57 pm UTC (link)
STAB ZOPE STAB ZOPE.

I hope you improve it. :)

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[info]novalis
2006-08-01 07:47 pm UTC (link)
I hope so too, if that's the reaction it gets.

Well, I guess going from a boss with a ... reputation to a project with a ... reputation would be an improvement.

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[info]yozzman
2006-08-02 05:16 am UTC (link)
Yay, congratulations!

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